A note of thanks to everyone who came down to see the band last night at the Purple Turtle in Camden Town. We had an absolute hoot. What was fantastic was to see Mandy Spokes who was our very first singer back in 1979. I've not seen Mandy since she quit the band. What was even better to hear was that she's still a music nut. Mandy was going out with our first drummer, Dave Edwards. Dave left the band after he was jumped by three thugs in Mill Hill Broadway whilst waiting for a bus home. He was minding his own business with Mandy, when they correctly identified him as a mate of myself and Pete Conway, our singer. They threw Dave through the window of WH Smiths. Dave managed to drag himself up and run off. They caught up and threw him through the window of a jeweller. One of the assailants severed a tendon in his arm. An off duty police officer saw the incident and the assailants were nicked. The police found Dave in Flower Lane. They followed the trail of blood. The assailants got 18 months as I recall. Although Dave recovered, that really spelled the end of that line up of the Dots. We were supposed to support the UK Subs in Derby. That was meant to be our first gig. Mandy looked great and she made my day. Anyway, for those of you that didn't make it, here's a piccie, thanks to Wende Bryden.
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